Marina LUBAKOVA
Марина ЛЮБАКОВА
Marina LUBAKOVA
Russia, 2007, 90mn 
Colour, fiction
Cruelty
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Жестокость

 

 La Cruauté

 Zhestokost

 
Directed by : Marina LUBAKOVA (Марина ЛЮБАКОВА)
Writing credits : Marina LUBAKOVA (Марина ЛЮБАКОВА), Denis RODIMIN (Денис РОДИМИН)
 
Cast
Aleksandra ASTAKHOVA (Александра АСТАХОВА) ...Lenka
Anna BEGUNOVA (Анна БЕГУНОВА) ...Vika
Aleksey FRANDETTI (Алексей ФРАНДЕТТИ) ...danseur
Renata LITVINOVA (Рената ЛИТВИНОВА) ...Zoia
Olga ONISHCHENKO (Ольга ОНИЩЕНКО) ...Mère
Yevgeni SEROV (Евгений СЕРОВ) ...Lui
 
Cinematography : Anton DROZDOV-SCHASTLIVTSEV (Антон ДРОЗДОВ-СЧАСТЛИВЦЕВ)
Sound : Sergey GSINSKY (Сергей ГУСИНСКИЙ), Vladimir LITROVNIK (Владимир ЛИТРОВНИК)
Editing : Albina ANTIPENKO (Альбина АНТИПЕНКО)
Produced by : Pavel LUNGIN (Павел ЛУНГИН)
Production : Studios de Pavel Lounguine (Студия Павла Лунгина), BFG- Media (БФГ-медиа)
Film revenue in Russia : 0.099 million dollars
Release date in Russia : 06/12/2007
 
format : 35 mm
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best actress Renata LITVINOVA , International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2007

Plot synopsis
Psychological drama. Zoya is a secure, but lonely middle-aged woman. Vika is a typical teenager longing for independence. From the roof of her apartment block Vika observes life behind the windows of the house opposite. Her photo-camera captures a love scene between Zoya and her married neighbour. Vika has the ingenious idea of blackmailing the unfaithful husband. With the help of a private detective the latter quickly exposes Vika, but, scared of the publicity, he nevertheless ends his affair with Zoya. Gradually the two women get closer, and Vika persuades her new friend to take revenge on her former lover. The women take to the idea, and their revenge reaches criminal dimensions. Zoya and Vika will never be the same as before.
Source : www.kinotavr.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Marina Liubakova : Cruelty (Zhestokost' , 2007), Olga KLIMOVA, kinokultura.com, 2008
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sputnik nad Polska, Warsaw (Poland), 2009
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2009
- Prague International Film Festival : Febiofest, Prague (Czech Republic), 2008
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2008
- International Film Festival Tarkovski, Ivanovo (Russia), 2008
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2008
- Russian Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2008
- Festival Russian cinema in Israel, Tel Aviv (Israel), 2007
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2007
- International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Film Festival of CIS countries, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia "Kinoshock", Anapa (Russia), 2007
- International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2007
- Kyiv International Film Festival 'Molodist', Kiev (Ukraine), 2007

Photos and videos
 
Photos : www.lunginstudio.ru/prj/2